SB 18 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0328
08/04
SENATE BILL 18
AN ACT permitting tastings by liquor manufacturers at farmers markets.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Carson,
Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows liquor manufacturers to offer samples at farmers markets.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 SB 18 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0328
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT permitting tastings by liquor manufacturers at farmers markets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Free Drinks; Liquor Manufacturers. Amend RSA 179:44, II-a to read as follows:
2 II-a. Notwithstanding paragraph I, wine manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, nano
3 breweries, liquor manufacturers, and brew pubs may provide samples for tasting to persons of
4 legal drinking age at a farmers' market provided they have received written authorization by the
5 town or city's governing body, which authorization shall remain effective until revoked in writing,
6 and they have provided the commission with a copy of that authorization. Provision of samples
7 shall be restricted to clearly defined areas approved by the commission. Samples shall be limited to
8 one 4-ounce sample per label per person for any beer, specialty beer, or cider, and one 2-ounce
9 sample per label per person for any wine and 1/2-ounce sample per label per person for any
10 liquor.
11 2 Liquor Manufacturers License. Amend RSA 178:6, IV to read as follows:
12 IV. A liquor manufacturer may provide to visitors of legal drinking age at its facility
13 samples of liquor manufactured on the premises for tasting. Samples may be provided either free or
14 for a fee and shall be limited to one 1/2-ounce sample per label per person. Samples sold under this
15 section shall be subject to fees as established in paragraph VI. A liquor manufacturer may
16 transport its products to a farmers market and may offer samples as provided in this
17 paragraph. Such products may be sold at retail at the farmers market in the original
18 containers.
19 3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 179:44, 178:6
latest version: 179:44, 178:6